Oh noes teh sky is falling!

[steve_dave]

We already forewarned by Ingram Entertainment ceasing disc distribution which I said we would see the effects for a few months. Many here dismissed it because who is Ingram. Now one of the biggest sellers of titles in the US, a lot of which came from Ingram, is ceasing sales too.

[Tok]

I still think them abandoning the disc market is more to do with one of their major competitors taking over the disc distribution market. Why would Best Buy want to source product directly from a competitor?

[SleazyForWeasley]

So no more physical media from them altogether, or specifically in stores?

[Shawn1968]

For those too lazy to actually read the article before commenting on it:

The consumer-electronics retailer will phase out sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs both in-store and online in early 2024, according to industry sources familiar with the company’s plans.

[MuffySimba]

Originally Posted by drb999

Online sales sure but the actual experience of shopping in stores is getting a lot smaller.

I will always treasure those times. We come from a generation that use have leave the house to hit up new releases. Go to the mall and other places to buy CDs and DVDs. Even with those CD and DVD clubs, we still went out and bought physical media from our favorites. The new generations are all about streaming because it's cheaper and easier to access. I have a step niece who turns 26 this month and a nephew who turns 17 on Sunday. Neither one buys physical media. I don't understand why they wouldn't want to own stuff that could be removed from streaming at anytime, but they don't care about that stuff like we do. It is what it is.

[Ruined]

Originally Posted by flyry

Some of you are comically in denial. Target. Best buy. Disney in certain markets. You are the burning everybody fine meme

is this like people being comically in denial when claiming a 25mbps 4K stream/download is the same thing as a 80mbps 4K disc?

[starmike]

Originally Posted by Ruined

is this like people being comically in denial that a 25mbps 4K stream is the same thing as a 80mbps 4K disc?

This

EDIT: And that's IF you can even GET a 25Mb/s stream.

[SleazyForWeasley]

Originally Posted by Shawn1968

For those too lazy to actually read the article before commenting on it:

The consumer-electronics retailer will phase out sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs both in-store and online in early 2024, according to industry sources familiar with the company’s plans.

Thank you. I didn't read it. I watched a video about it, and that wasn't addressed. Passive aggressive much?

[Ruined]

Originally Posted by starmike

This

EDIT: And that's IF you can even GET a 25Mb/s stream.

Yeah, a best-case-scenario 4K stream has about the same bitrate as a 1080p blu-ray, even accounting for the more efficient h265 codec used.

[Jay Mammoth]

Originally Posted by darichestman

Yeah right it will be dead in a year in January I’ll be canceling my Best Buy credit cards and my BestBuy total and switching to Amazon prime

Amazon sucks too, Bullmoose for me.

[1924]

Hope some filmmakers speak out in favor of physical media like they did with theaters

[Gaffer]

I don't live in the U.S, so I don't obviously shop at Best Buy, but for me the saddest news from this will be not getting to see tyrok's posts with pictures of the new titles

[CyberAthlete]

Saw this coming a long time ago. End of an era. I will miss 3D releases the most. Those you can't even stream online.

It's only a matter of time before others follow suit. And prices for physical media may even hold if Amazon is the only ones selling them.

Movies/media takes up a lot of space on shelves. After the initial week of release movies aren't selling and they sit their taking up space unless there is a sale on them.

It's a huge chunk of the store they need to allocate to something else vs movies probably brings in a couple hundred worth of dollars of business a week, even if so. Unless there is a deep discount then they're either breaking even or losing money.

In the end, physical media does not appeal to most consumers, especially at $30 a pop for a 4k movie.

And tastes have changed. People don't like having a stack of movies sitting around, they like minimalistic settings. I know for a fact that all my friends who have bought houses in the last few years have all gone with the minimalistic aesthetic. It makes my basement look like it's from the movie show hoarders.

In my next house, I plan to do the same. Minimalistic aesthetic and put all my movies in the storage part of the basement where they can't be seen. They're hidden out of sight.

[Ruined]

Originally Posted by CyberAthlete

Saw this coming a long time ago. End of an era. I will miss 3D releases the most. Those you can't even stream online.

It's only a matter of time before others follow suit. And prices for physical media may even hold if Amazon is the only ones selling them.

Movies/media takes up a lot of space on shelves. After the initial week of release movies aren't selling and they sit their taking up space unless there is a sale on them.

It's a huge chunk of the store they need to allocate to something else vs movies probably brings in a couple hundred worth of dollars of business a week, even if so. Unless there is a deep discount then they're either breaking even or losing money.

In the end, physical media does not appeal to most consumers, especially at $30 a pop for a 4k movie.

And tastes have changed. People don't like having a stack of movies sitting around, they like minimalistic settings. I know for a fact that all my friends who have bought houses in the last few years have all gone with the minimalistic aesthetic. It makes my basement look like it's from hoarders.

In my next house, I plan to do the same. Minimalistic aesthetic and put all my movies in the storage part of the basement where they can't be seen. They're hidden out of sight.

My new place I embraced the media library look. **** em!

[Stream]

Originally Posted by Bolty

Someone needs to post that Leslie Neilsen thing...

[CyberAthlete]

Forgot to mention. Once they rid of the in-store section of movies, they don't have to manage the online component either. So that's also saving them time and money on something people aren't buying (buying at deep discounts doesn't constitute as supporting the company). When you are not giving them profitable business, it doesn't count as giving them business. Selling just to break even or go on a loss is not worth the time and effort to run that part of the business.

They've done the math and definitely looked at all avenues and aspects of the benefit and drawbacks it had on the company as a whole. And no matter how much people say well it is the reason I came to Best Buy, those people didn't buy too many of other things to where Best Buy thought that we should keep the movies.

[Shawn1968]

Originally Posted by SleazyForWeasley

Thank you. I didn't read it. I watched a video about it, and that wasn't addressed. Passive aggressive much?

What about that is passive agreesive?

[Space_Butler]

Originally Posted by CyberAthlete

Forgot to mention. Once they rid of the in-store section of movies, they don't have to manage the online component either. So that's also saving them time and money on something people aren't buying (buying at deep discounts doesn't constitute as supporting the company). When you are not giving them profitable business, it doesn't count as giving them business. Selling just to break even or go on a loss is not worth the time and effort to run that part of the business.

They've done the math and definitely looked at all avenues and aspects of the benefit and drawbacks it had on the company as a whole. And no matter how much people say well it is the reason I came to Best Buy, those people didn't buy too many of other things to where Best Buy thought that we should keep the movies.

They will absolutely be unable to compete with Amazon in the online sphere if having a warehouse and shipping orders is unprofitable for them. Games will be next, which take up many more aisles than physical media. They are ceding every inch to Target, Walmart, and Amazon in the online sphere in the hopes that big ticket items will work in their favor. It will not, just like it didn't for Sears. You can rattle textbook econ 100 all you want, anyone who has spent time in the real world knows there's a difference between economic principles and how things go as a business strategy.

If you're right, they'll be around in 5 years. If you're wrong, they won't within 3. I wont be shopping at Best Buy anymore for video games or electronic accessories, much less new appliances, so I genuinely don't care how it shakes out from here.

[petermaverick]

Originally Posted by starmike

I'm actually going to keep buying from BB until they stop. Maybe they'll get the message. Also, why do they sell high-end gear if they're going to drop the very media that gets you the best quality? Streaming is shit and nothing more than a convenience.

Also, the studios put digital out a month before discs. What do you think people are going to do?

Yes 100 with regard selling 4K TVs then dropping 4K physical media

Streaming is a reasonable alternative to rentin

[MileHigh AI]

Originally Posted by El Rey

lol y'all seriously lack reading comprehension skills, the self-importance is strong here, evidenced by the nonsensical wall o' text posts.
Yes I am a corporate shill, a lemming, etc. Did you hit all the benchmarks that the one lonely synapse could reach for?
I am sorry you didn't get the response (attention?) you feel your aforementioned nonsensical manifesto required but sometimes the correct answer is the simplest (also trying to speak simple for you, I am sorry I am not fluent) and is the response you deserved
nothing was cherrypicked, the data is the data. Your mind is made up because feelings I guess, i dunno or maybe you don't know how to read data? A little from column A, a little from column B I suppose.
But if you want to rely on anecdotal evidence - there are posts from a BB employee in here who states he knew this was coming years ago and another poster stated that BB has confirmed this. Guess you won't be addressing those then?

You do realize your data didn't actually disprove anything that I was saying....right?
Hell nothing you said here disproved anything I said.
Once again, it's hilarious you mentioned reading comprehension skills when you yourself completely missed the mark there. Now I would break down everything in the simplest of terms for you and walk you through it since you've made it clear that's what you need but I've wasted enough time dealing with your asinine train of thought. I'm done with you now.